Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL in 2019, the Netherlands became the first country to completely ban the Hells Angels biker gang. In July of 2022, the Supreme Court Of The Netherlands reaffirmed this ban and made it permanent.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down14
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2019, the Netherlands became the first country to completely ban the Hells Angels biker gang. In July of 2022, the Supreme Court Of The Netherlands reaffirmed this ban and made it permanent.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squaredatelmd5sum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoWould the gangs of criminals be so brazen that they’d break the law and be in a gang? But in seriousness I know that legislation can make gang life difficult. E.g. the Yakuza is pretty much dead now after they changed a bunch of laws in Japan.
minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoRICO laws basically destroyed the Mafia in the us.
Would the gangs of criminals be so brazen that they’d break the law and be in a gang?
But in seriousness I know that legislation can make gang life difficult. E.g. the Yakuza is pretty much dead now after they changed a bunch of laws in Japan.
RICO laws basically destroyed the Mafia in the us.